JavaScript is required to use Bungie.net

Forums

12/1/2014 8:02:08 PM
1
This is similar to tossing one hundred coins where 75% are heads and me saying it's odd and unlikely You then saying, yeah, but it's just as likely to get 60% heads. The exact sequence doesn't matter, we are looking at the total occurrences inside this 4 weeks. Which is very unlikely to be 4 of the same item
English

Posting in language:

 

Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

  • [quote]The exact sequence doesn't matter[/quote] This is the whole problem. After the fact, there [b]is[/b] an exact sequence. You can't point to that sequence and say, 'look, that was really unlikely' as if it's some kind of proof it's not RNG. You're mistaken in your coin analogy. What I am saying is that looking at one hundred coin toss [i]results[/i] does not produce a sample upon which one can judge the randomness of coin tosses. Any time you look at results over a specific number of trials, you will have a standard deviation. This is the deviation from the mean, or the frequency at which it should occur. I'll just be repeating myself if I continue, but I hope you can see that making a conclusion based on the results of 4 trials is pointless.

    Posting in language:

     

    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

  • Plus every sequence has the same possibility of occurring, however looking at the overall outcome within the sequences timeframe, you have to agree that getting every outcome the same is far more unlikely

    Posting in language:

     

    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

  • We are making the conclusion because they occurred in a row, we don't care about the previous weeks

    Posting in language:

     

    Play nice. Take a minute to review our Code of Conduct before submitting your post. Cancel Edit Create Fireteam Post

You are not allowed to view this content.
;
preload icon
preload icon
preload icon